That subject has lost its one time appeal to economists as our science has become more abstract, but my interest has even grown more intense as the questions raised by the sociology of science became more prominent.

  • -- George Stigler 斯蒂格勒

随着我们的科学变得越来越抽象,这门学科对经济学家失去了一度的吸引力,但随着科学社会学提出的问题变得更加突出,我的兴趣甚至变得更加浓厚。

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There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale.

一定存在这样一种可能:把社会学和案例史留给科学家们,让他们用童话中所有的光明魔力,在此时此地,了解人类状况的真相。

You will find the poet who wrings the heart of the world, or the foremost captain of his time, driving a bargain or paring a potato, just as you would do.

你会发现,诗人或他那个时代最重要的船长,就像你会做的那样,会讨价还价或削土豆皮。

I'm not an economist and we all know economists were created to make weather forecasters look good.

我不是经济学家,我们都知道经济学家的存在是为了让天气预报看起来不错。

The public is even more pessimistic about the economy than even the most bearish economists are.

公众对经济的悲观程度甚至超过了最悲观的经济学家。

Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.

黑人文学被当作社会学、宽容来教授,而不是一种严肃、严谨的艺术形式。

Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phony. I could puke every time I hear it.

大。有一个词我真的很讨厌。这是一个假的。每次听到它我都想吐。

Your beliefs don't make you a better person, your behavior does.

你的信念不会让你成为一个更好的人,但你的行为会。

You can observe a lot just by watching.

你可以通过观察观察到很多。